Artist Bio

(Bio as of March 2025)

Curtis Bannister (Buster/US Mister) Together with Heather Headley (Goodman Theatre). Chicago: The Last 5 Years (Jedlicka PAC); Parade (Writers Theatre); Ragtime (Marriott Theatre, Music Theatre Works); Big River (Mercury Theatre); The Pajama Game (Theater at the Center); Porgy & Bess, Carousel (Lyric Opera of Chicago); Bernstein’s MASS (Chicago Symphony Orchestra). New York: Miss Saigon, Ain’t Misbehavin’, Saturday Night Fever, Sweeney Todd (The Rev); Sweeney Todd (OFY Productions). Regional: Inherit the Wind, Intimate Apparel, 12 Angry Men (Asolo Rep); Bernstein’s MASS (Kennedy Center); Ain’t Misbehavin’ (Olney Theatre & The National Players); Les Miserables, Fiddler on the Roof, Porgy & Bess (Utah Festival). TV/Film: The Conductor (Tribeca Film Festival); Survival of the Thickest (Netflix); Dickinson (Apple TV+); Chicago Fire (NBC). 2021 Actors Equity Foundation Roger Sturtevant Award Winner, 2022 Drama League Award nominee, 2023 Joseph Jefferson Award nominee. Curtis has been the concert partner of Tony and Grammy Award-winner Heather Headley since September 2023. TheCurtisBannister.com | @thee_cb